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Description
DIG! XX tracks the tumultuous rise of two talented Musician, Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Courtney Taylor, leader of the Dandy Warhols, and dissects their star-crossed friendship and bitter rivalry. Through their loves and obsessions, gigs and recordings, arrests and death threats, uppers and downers, and ultimately to their chance at a piece of the profit-driven music business, they stage a self-proclaimed revolution in the music industry.
Originally seven years in the making, and culled from 2,500 hours of footage, Ondi Timoner’s DIG! gets a 20th-anniversary refresh, featuring 35 minutes of previously unseen footage. Fresh, stylish, raucous, and raw, DIG! XX is a feat in rough-and-tumble filmmaking, but the conflicts it examines are as old as Mozart. Where does genius fit into a commodified world? Can it thrive and get its due, or does it need to self-destruct to preserve its integrity? Being at the right place at the right time is what makes DIG! XX important, but being in the wrong place, like in the path of a flying mike stand, is what makes it exhilarating.
DIG! premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition, where it ultimately won the Grand Jury Prize in the documentary category. DIG! XX, which will premiere at the upcoming Festival, is not only a digitally enhanced, remixed, and remastered version of DIG!, but also a special 20th anniversary new edit of the film culled from footage shot over seven years, and brought to you by the original sibling team, Ondi and David Timoner.
*Digitally enhanced and featuring new footage
Park City screening to be followed by a conversation with director Ondi Timoner, producer David Timoner, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Joel Gion.
Screenings include closed and open captions.